Gwoz “leaning towards” Brittain; Nick Shore still in a cast

I didn’t learn much from DU practice today. Much-needed junior wing Dustin Jackson and freshman center Nick Shore are still wearing orange “no-crush” jerseys, and coach George Gwozdecky didn’t have an injury update because he was in Toronto on Tuesday and hadn’t met with trainer Aaron Leu.

Jackson has missed the entire season because of mono and Shore hasn’t played since breaking his right wrist on opening night. Shore is still wearing a cast, but his older brother, Drew, said Nick was scheduled to see the doctor before this weekend’s series against visiting Minnesota State.

As for Friday’s starter between the pipes, Gwozdecky said he is “leaning towards” freshman Sam Brittain, who was pulled after allowing five goals in last Saturday’s 9-2 massacre at Colorado College.

Terry Frei graduated from Wheat Ridge High School in the Denver area and has degrees in history and journalism from the University of Colorado-Boulder. He worked for the Rocky Mountain News while attending CU and joined the Post staff after graduation. He has also worked at the Oregonian in Portland, Ore., and The Sporting News. His seventh book, March 1939: Before the Madness, was issued in February 2014.